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(CPR.ca)
Crops, Machinery

CP talks said stagnating as strike deadline looms

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Montreal/Vancouver | Reuters –– Canada’s biggest rail union said no progress had been made in negotiations on Friday with Canadian Pacific Railway to reach a deal before a Saturday deadline as worries about a potential strike weighed on the country’s crude oil prices. If the two sides fail to reach a deal, a strike is […] Read more
(Xplornet screengrab via YouTube)
General, Machinery

Regulatory change urged to help expand rural broadband

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A parliamentary committee is calling on the federal government to use legislative tools to help shore up broadband access for rural and remote areas of Canada. The House of Commons’ standing committee on industry, science and technology, chaired by Vancouver area Liberal MP Dan Ruimy, on Tuesday released its report and recommendations for meeting federal […] Read more
Demonstrating the concept of supervised autonomy, here one operator is responsible for two Steiger tractors working together on the same job.
Machinery

Autonomous tractors go into field trials

Case IH puts robotic tractors into 
farmers’ hands for “real-world” testing

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Ever since its introduction in 2016 of the autonomous Magnum concept tractor at the Farm Progress Show in Iowa, Case IH has been showing the machine all around the world. In the process, brand staff say, they’ve been talking with farmers and customers about how the technology could be best used. Now Case IH reveals […] Read more
This T4 tractor will be used in NH’s autonomy field trials in 
a California winery.
Machinery

New Holland joins the autonomous field trials

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Back in 2016, at the same show Case IH unveiled its autonomous Magnum, New Holland held a similar press event pulling the wraps off its version of an autonomous tractor, the NHDrive T7. The idea, according to the brand was to ”illustrate possible row crop applications” with that model, which unlike the Magnum included an […] Read more
New Holland recently introduced its largest self-propelled 
forage harvester so far, the FR920 Forage Cruiser.
Machinery

New Holland debuts the FR920 Forage Cruiser

New Holland’s new forage harvester uses 
FPT’s new 20-litre diesel engine

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Big power has always been a requirement for forage harvesters, and New Holland’s newest self-propelled model, the FR920 Forage Cruiser, gets its horses from a new 20-litre diesel engine called the V20. It’s built by sister company FPT (Fiat Powertrain), which supplies all the engines for NH and Case IH equipment. It’s called the V20 […] Read more
(CPR.ca)
Crops, Machinery

Grain handle down, costs up in CP’s Q1

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Increased traffic in potash and intermodal containers offset an eight per cent drop in grain carloads in Canadian Pacific Railway’s first quarter, against higher costs and “challenging” conditions. Calgary-based CP on Wednesday booked net income of $348 million on gross revenues of $1.662 billion for the quarter ending March 31, down from $431 million on […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Machinery

Two unions set to strike Saturday at CP

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Unions representing engineers, conductors and signal maintainers on Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) have served formal notice to strike starting Saturday. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents about 3,000 CP engineers and conductors, served strike notice late Tuesday, as did System Council No. 11 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), representing over […] Read more
Camso’s smart track technology monitors the temperature of rubber belt tracks during road travel, 
and it wirelessly transits the information to an 
onboard receiver.
Machinery

Faster road speed with tracks

Camso’s smart track technology 
makes road travel more efficient

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One of the criticisms of rubber-belt track systems has been their rapid wear rate from on-road travel. Now Camso, one of the industry’s major track systems manufacturers, has introduced a new feature designed to minimize that problem and permit higher road speeds at the same time. The brand’s smart track technology adds a digital component to monitor track system temperatures. Smart track technology relies on embedded sensors placed within the rubber tracks that monitor heat and […] Read more
John Deere introduced the new 344L articulated loader that also offers rear wheel steering for improved manoeuvrability.
Machinery

New loaders and skid steers from JD

John Deere offers more models with features suited for on-farm duties

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Earlier this year, John Deere added a new pay loader to its construction equipment line, the 344L. But this one was also designed to appeal to farmers as much as contractors, according to the brand. And it offers what Deere describes as “industry exclusive features.” Just what are those features? The most obvious difference on […] Read more
A controlled atmosphere stunning system for chicken processing. (Marel.com)
Livestock, Machinery, Poultry/Eggs

Cargill to replace chicken plant’s stunning system

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Agrifood firm Cargill has budgeted $22 million to swap out an electric stunning system at its London, Ont. chicken processing plant in favour of a new controlled atmospheric stunning (CAS) system. The CAS system, expected to be up and running this spring, “will help reduce handling stress with chickens, resulting in a higher-quality, more consistent […] Read more

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